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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 25]
Godhead. The contamination in the heart of a conditioned soul is like a huge accumulation of garbage created by the three modes of material nature, especially the modes of  rajas  (passion) and  tamas  (ignorance). This contamination becomes manifest in the form of lusty desires and greed for material possessions. As confirmed herein, unless one receives transcendental knowledge in discipline succession, there is no question of his becoming purified of this contamination.
TEXT 9
उत्पत्तिस्थितिलयहेतत्रोऽस्य कल्पाः
सच्चाद्याः प्रकृतिगुणा यदीक्षयाऽऽसन् ।
यद्रूपं ध्रुवमकृतं यदेकमात्मन्
नानाधात्कथमु ह वेद तस्य वर्त्म ॥ ९ ॥
utpatti-sthiti-laya-hetavo 'sya kalpāḥ sattvādyāḥ prakṛti-guṇā yad-īkṣayāsan yad-rūpam dhruvam akṛtam yad ekam ātman nānādhāt katham u ha veda tasya vartma
utpatti —of creation;  sthiti —maintenance;  laya —and dissolution;  hetavaḥ —the original causes;  asya —of this material world;  kalpāḥ —capable of acting;  sattva-ādyāḥ —headed by the  sattva-guṇa ;  prakṛti-guṇāḥ —the modes of material nature;  yat —of whom;  īkṣayā —by the glance;  āsan —became;  yat-rūpam —the form of whom;  dhruvam —unlimited;  akṛtam —uncreated;  yat —who;  ekam —one;  ātman —in Himself;  nānā —variously;  adhāt —has manifested;  katham —how;  u ha —certainly;  veda —can understand;  tasya —His;  vartma —path.
TRANSLATION
By His glance, the Supreme Personality of Godhead enables the modes of material nature to act as the causes of universal creation, maintenance and destruction. The Supreme Soul is unlimited and beginningless, and although He is one, He has manifested Himself in many forms. How can human society understand the ways of the Supreme?